List of Dragon's Den Winners
Now if you want to really know why there's a list here, it's rather simple; I watch the program, sometimes want to know what happened to those who won and the BBC sites pretty much purge old information after a year when the new series starts. So in all, I hope for this list to be a list of winners, with the Product name given and the website for the product.
Below is season 6
Episode 1
Winner 1, Hamfatter
Product: Band Contract on album sales
Winner 2, D4M Entertainment Provider
Episode 2
Winner 1, Neurotica
Product: Fashion Clothing Label
Episode 3
Winner 1, Light Emotions
Product: Light up Champagne/Wine Glasses
Winner 2, Misfuelling Prevention Devide
Product: See title
Episode 4
Winner 1, Buggy Boot
Product: Specialised Push Chair and Shopping Trolley
Winner 2, Rapstrap
Product: Good Wrapping Strap like a cable tie except with reduced wastage
Episode 5
Winner 1, Magic Whiteboard
Product: Sticky backed roll up whiteboard for areas without much space
Winner 2, Planit Products
Company with a range of goods and such like.
Episode 6
Winner 1, Guy Portelli
Product: Pop Icons art sculptures.
Winner 2, Magic Pizza
Product: Magnetic device to reduce the effect of 'soggy middle' on pizzas
Episode 7
Winner 1, Blindsinabox
Product: As can likely be guessed, temporary, quick and easy to set up paper blinds
Winner 2, Tiny Box
Product: Recyled Packaging. In other words, boxes made from recycled material
Episode 8
Winner 1, ProWaste Management Services
Product: Company to recyle waste from the construction industry and hence stop sending it to landfill sites
Typical Program Structure
First of all, before the actual program structure, if you're clicking the information button on a Sky TV remote, don't take all the investments given as the ones which detail is given about in the program. They have on some ocassions given investments which got little more than a passing mention.
Secondly, there are always between three and four major pitches that are shown in detail during the program, and out of those, only one or two will get investments. Indeed, it's very common that the middle ones will simply be for joke or entertainment value, and their existance is simply to watch people laugh as the dragons call said ideas completely crazy.
The first investment is often a deal, but in a few cases is not taken, usually because said person does not like the percentage offered and soon realises how hard it actually is to bargin with the dragons on this program.
The final one is ALWAYS an investment, although the last few have been rather sneaky at pushing any hope of an investment to roughly three seconds before the program is due to end, likely to stop people switching over after anything of importance (and unlike the ad supported other channels, the BBC is very keen to run programs on schedule to the exact minute the program is due to finish, from the exact moment it starts.
On another random finishing note, it does also seem that the very last pitch is often one that's for a more minor product than the earlier ones, and that would usually be played for comedy somewhere in the middle of the program, likely to increase suspense for the viewers. These last pitches often end with long, drawn out discussions in which the earlier ones don't show, almost as a way of making people think there won't actually be an investment until the time slot is up.
Note
I enjoy the program personally, none of the above is really that bad a thing, and it does happen to show a lot of potentially great inventions and businesses and is probably the most entertaining program based on the topic of business.
